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Born Fighting
- How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
- By: Jim Webb
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 253
The Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston; they were the writers Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain; and they have given America numerous great military leaders, including Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Audie Murphy, and George S. Patton, as well as most of the soldiers of the Confederacy (only five percent of whom owned slaves, and who fought against what they viewed as an invading army).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Every politician should read this
- By Bette Grace on 02-08-19
- Born Fighting
- How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
- By: Jim Webb
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
Thought provoking
Reviewed: 04-29-19
Good recounting of pre and post British Isles immigration to America. Personal history anecdotally woven in enriches the narrative.
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